Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Adult Psychological Support Service (APSS), in which Liaison Psychiatry is based, provides an integrated Level 3 and 4 service (NICE 2004) to patients across the two sites of the hospital for inpatients, those receiving ambulatory care and outpatients. Other pathways within the service are: directive therapies (e.g. CBT/ Third Wave approaches, EMDR); exploratory therapies (e.g. integrative, existential, psychodynamic); family therapy (primarily working with adult patients with dependent children, and young adult patients); psychosexual therapy.
The Liaison Psychiatry pathway has three main functions: (i) to provide the general liaison psychiatry service to the inpatient wards of the hospital, (ii) to support the APSS Duty Clinician, and (iii) to provide psycho-oncology psychiatry through pre-planned outpatient and day patient appointments.
The specific psychiatric issues and associated risks in a specialist cancer hospital include hyperactive delirium, steroid-induced mania and psychosis, major depression, suicidal planning and intent, desire for hastened death; as well as people with pre-existing severe mental illness.
We encourage you to contact us to discuss the role and the team. Please contact PA Lorna Flower - Dr Justin Grayer, Consultant Clinical Psychologist/ Service Lead 6
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Primary medical degree
2. MRCPsych or equivalent
3. The GMC specialist register for general adult or old age psychiatry
4. If an applicant is UK trained, they must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview
5. If an applicant is non-UK trained, they will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT
6. Full and specialist registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC) (or be eligible for registration within six months of interview)
7. MRCP Liaison Psychiatry subspecialty endorsement
8. Higher Degree in relevant subject (MD, PhD or equivalent)
9. Section 12 Approval
10. Registered as a Responsible Clinician as specified by Mental Health Act
Clinical Competence
Essential criteria
1. Assessing & managing risk of harm to self & others
2. Diagnosis and evidence-based treatment of psychiatric disorders in adults
3. Detecting & managing depression and delirium in the physically ill hospital patient
4. Choice of psychotropic medication in the context of physical illnesses and their treatment
5. Assessing and managing the severely mentally ill in the general hospital setting, including the use of the MCA and MHA
Experience
Essential criteria
1. Completed minimum of three years full-time training in an approved higher psychiatric training scheme or equivalent
2. A proven track record in liaison psychiatry at ST or consultant level. Specialised knowledge of liaison psychiatry service provision
3. Clinical expertise in the assessment and management of risk
4. Track record in the training and supervising of clinicians in psychological assessment and nursing development including autonomous practice and prescribing
Desirable criteria
1. Experience in the management of people with cancer and mental health problems, including the assessment and management of complex co-morbidities
2. Experience of oncology / palliative care
3. Post registration experience in general surgery
4. Post registration experience of general medicine
5. Psychotherapy training of any modality
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
1. The ability to work in collaboration with a team of different disciplines
2. The ability to work liaising with other services
3. Commitment to achieving excellence
4. Excellent communication and empathic skills including discussion of life threatening conditions and requests for assisted suicide
5. Committed to personal and professional development
6. Commitment to innovation in research and practice
7. Cultural sensitivity and ability to work with a diverse population
8. Willing to participate in training of junior medical staff/medical students/staff from other disciplines
9. Demonstrable leadership skills
10. Sound organisational skills
11. Ability to work on own initiative
12. Ability to travel between sites and meet flexible demands of the role as required
13. Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and ability to contain and understand the stress of others in a team
The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.
Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.
All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.
Flu Vaccination - What We Expect of our Staff
At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.
The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the utmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
1. JD & PS (PDF, 262.3KB)
2. OH (PDF, 136.6KB)
3. Royal Marsden Trust Values (PDF, 715.5KB)
4. Workplace Wellbeing and Rewards Guide (PDF, 1.2MB)
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